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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An evergreen tree (Torreya californica) native to California, having yewlike linear leaves and solitary drupelike seeds surrounded by a green, purple-streaked, fleshy aril.
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- noun California evergreen having a fruit resembling a nutmeg but with a strong turpentine flavor
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